Did you happen to bite into a small trinket while enjoying a king cake this year? It’s your lucky day!
What is this thing?!
Traditionally, small trinkets are baked or placed in a King Cake. These trinkets can be ceramic dolls, small beans or (if you’re in America) a tiny, plastic toy doll. If you’ve gotten your king cake at Three Brothers Bakery, you might notice we used chocolate coins instead. For some, the small doll represents the baby Jesus, especially if the King Cake is being served on the last day of the 12 days of Christmas. For others, the trinket has no religious meaning and is meant only to play a role in the King Cake Tradition!
What is the King Cake Tradition?
If you are at a Mardi Gras party and you find the trinket, lucky you– literally! Not only are you deemed the “king” or “queen” of the event, but it is also said that the person who finds the trinket will be very lucky.
So I found the trinket. Now what?
A caveat to the Mardi Gras King Cake tradition is that as part of your luck, you get to bring King Cake to the next event! We know that “kings” and “queens” deserve the best, so we’re going to make it easy for you! Present your king cake trinket at the bakery, and we will give you 10% off your king cake purchase! Talk about getting the royal treatment!
